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Benjamin Bowater

Age:   37
Died:   21st Sep 1907
Accident:   21st Sep 1907
Year Born:   abt. 1870
Colliery:   Lumley, 6th Pit
Company:   Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation:   Machineman
Notes:  
he was electrocuted by a leakage of current from the trailing cable of a coal cutter
Buried:   Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, West Rainton

Tombstone

West Rainton — St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ323469



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Names on this tombstone
 NameDiedAgeBorn
→ Benjamin Bowater  21st Sep 1907  37  1870 
  Jane Bowater  13th May 1955  84  1871 

Sources
  • 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • Tombstone photograph (T-00089-00-0002) © Kev Duncan

 

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